February 2010 Archives

An elderly man who suffers from a chronic chest infection has hit out at his housing provider after his last service charge statement topped the £3,100 mark.

Arthur Fryer, 81, lives in Vanguard House, in Douglas Road, Stanwell, which is an A2Dominion run property.

Firefighters had to cut someone out of a car that landed on its roof after a three vehicle smash last Tuesday (23).

At around 10.50pm a black Kia, a white DAF lorry, and a white Ford Fiesta collided at the junction of Stanwell Moor Road and Park Road, causing the Kia to turn on its side, trapping the passenger.

Two people were treated at the scene by ambulance crews for minor injuries.

'Feral youths' are being blamed for causing destruction to a Stanwell park, which has left residents in fear of a rise in crime.

On Sunday (February 14) night just under 30 youths caused carnage to an area of green land off Hadfield Road by tearing up signs, bins, and lampposts, and terrorising residents.

It is believed the amount of damage will run up to £3000, and residents are calling on the police to make a greater presence in the area.

By the end of March new initiatives will have been put in place by Spelthorne council in an attempt to improve public confidence in dealing with crime and anti social behaviour.

A £42,000 grant has been given to the borough council by the Home Office to fund schemes and to buy new equipment which will reduce the amount of crime in Spelthorne.

One of the initiatives to have been given funding, is the Construction Bus scheme, which was put in place last year and teaches children from age 11 basic skills such as carpentry, plumbing and bricklaying.

A knifepoint robber threatened to stab a customer in a betting shop unless a member of staff didn't hand over any money.

Just before 11am on Thursday (11) the robber entered the Coral betting shop in Clare Road, Stanwell and pulled a knife on a man in his 60s who was working behind the counter.

Four men from Spelthorne and north Runnymede have been given more than ten years in jail collectively for their involvement in a street brawl in Staines last year.

Kevin Kurlej, 22, from Cordelia Road, Stanwell, Samuel Tite, 26, of Oakley Mill House, Thorpe, John Murphy, 23, of the Nightingales, Staines and Nicholas Fitzpatrick, 24, of White Hill Place, Virginia Water were given 30, 40, 40, and 18 months in jail respectively for being involved in a mass brawl when they appeared at Guildford Crown Court on Friday (January 5).

A petition has been launched to try and stop the potential loss of Stanwell's community warden Mick Raynor.

The petition has been created by Vicki Kapoor Sood, a neighbourhood watch co-ordinator of Hadfield Road, who believes the town will suffer with the loss of his role, stating that Stanwell is becoming forgotten after the loss of Spelthorne crimed reduction officer Vic Smith last year.

Police were in the 'right time at the right place' when they spotted a just stolen van being led away by a thief.

At 1.45am on Monday (January 8) morning the police saw a white Ford Transit van being driven near Hadrian Way, and ordered the driver to stop.

But instead the driver fled, and although the police could not find him, upon investigation they realised the van had just been stolen from the road.

Toddlers dressed up in multi-coloured outfits and superhuman costumes as part of a 'wacky week' to raise money for charity.

Eighty six children aged under five visited the Stanwell Children's Centre, just behind Ashford Hospital for a week long festival of colours, which saw each day host a different dressing up theme.

Frustrated and fuming Airtrack campaigners have been left dismayed after a public enquiry into the high speed rail line has been delayed again.

The Department of Transport have announced that the public enquiry into BAA's application of the rail line to run from Heathrow to London Waterloo has been delayed because research on level crossing downtime has not been finished.